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Tuscaloosanews.com wins website award
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News coverage of the April 27 tornado on tuscaloosanews.com won a national award announced today for Best News or Event Feature.
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November 30th, 2011
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Honda worker cited under Alabama law
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A Japanese man temporarily working at Honda's car factory in east Alabama became the second foreign auto worker charged under the state's law on illegal immigration, the company said Wednesday.
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November 30th, 2011
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Warner collection moves to Tuscaloosa Museum of Art
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Some resolution will come to the saga of the massive art collection assembled by Jack Warner when The Tuscaloosa Museum of Art holds its grand opening celebration at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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November 30th, 2011
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Super 6 returns to Tuscaloosa
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The University of Alabama is planning for around 35,000 high school football fans to filter through campus today and tomorrow for the Alabama High School Athletic Association Super 6 State Football Championships.
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November 30th, 2011
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Super 6 teams set for showdown in Tuscaloosa
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November 30th, 2011
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Winter weather advisory in effect, but snow unlikely to stick
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Tuscaloosa experienced frigid, near-freezing temperatures Monday night. While North Alabama was predicted to get anywhere between 2 to 4 inches of snow, forecasters were skeptical about the likelihood of much of it sticking in Central Alabama, especially in Tuscaloosa.
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November 30th, 2011
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AROUND TOWN: 11/30
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November 30th, 2011
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Plan details states health insurance exchange
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The Health Insurance Exchange Study Commission on Tuesday sent a 12-page report of recommendations for creating a state health insurance exchange to Gov. Robert Bentley.
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November 30th, 2011
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Mayor wants damaged schools rebuilt in same locations
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Mayor Walt Maddox on Tuesday asked the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education to consider rebuilding Alberta Elementary School and University Place elementary and middle schools in the same locations.
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November 30th, 2011
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Debate focuses on rebuilding plan
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Business owners and residents met Tuesday night in the Central High School cafeteria to discuss the Tuscaloosa Forward plan’s guidelines for rebuilding storm-damaged areas along McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street.
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November 30th, 2011
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Holt High band room renovated with help from 'Rachael Ray Show'
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Upon returning to school following the Thanksgiving holiday, students walked into a band room they didn't recognize. Gone were the old shag carpet acoustic padding on the wall and the old floor. In their place were new floors, new walls, new instruments and more. Carter Oosterhouse, host of HGTV home improvement shows “Carter Can” and “Red Hot & Green,” helped local construction workers and volunteers from Lowe’s with the renovation.
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November 30th, 2011
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Linden plans to build its own football stadium
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LINDEN | The city is moving ahead with plans to build Linden High School its own football field and will receive an estimate for the cost of construction as early as the end of this week.
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November 30th, 2011
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Tough times hit food bank
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TUSCALOOSA | The West Alabama Food Bank should blow past its goal of delivering 2.5 million pounds of food this year because of the April tornadoes, but as the holidays and winter come, the agency is still in need.
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November 30th, 2011
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Alabama PACT settlement on hold
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The Alabama Supreme Court has put a hold on the settlement in litigation over Alabama's financially troubled Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan.
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November 29th, 2011
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Linden moving ahead with plan to build new football field
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The city is moving ahead with plans to build Linden High School its own football field and will receive an estimate for the total cost of construction as early as the end of this week.
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November 29th, 2011
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Former TPD officer shot by robbery suspect in Madison County
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November 29th, 2011
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Holt High band room renovated with help from Rachael Ray Show
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Upon returning to school following the Thanksgiving holiday, students walked into a band room they didn't recognize. Gone were the old shag carpet acoustic padding on the wall and the old floor. In their place were new floors, new walls, new instruments and more.
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November 29th, 2011
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Cain tells aides he is reassessing his presidential campaign
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says that he needs to assess whether accusations that he had a 13-year extramarital affair will create too much of a cloud in the minds of potential supporters.
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November 29th, 2011
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AROUND TOWN: 11/29
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November 29th, 2011
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Share your favorite Christmas lights with us
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November 29th, 2011
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Water line work to close portion of Stallings Avenue
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November 29th, 2011
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TDOT to clean streets this week
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November 29th, 2011
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West Alabama AIDS Outreach service slated for Thursday
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November 29th, 2011
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Heating aid providers struggle to meet demand
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MONTGOMERY | Alabamians are turning up thermostats to counteract the blast of wintry weather hitting the state this month. That means higher heating bills in a state where hundreds of thousands of families struggle to pay them, even with help from federal grants or private donations like Project Share, which is administered by chapters of the American Red Cross.
Utility customers have donated about $32.47 million to Project Share in the past 30 years by voluntarily paying extra on their monthly electric and gas bills. It has helped about 345,000 households pay bills.
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November 29th, 2011
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Alabama Choir Schools new artistic director plans a rebirth
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TUSCALOOSA | Internationally recognized singer and musician Doff Procter has taken over as artistic director of the Alabama Choir School.
“I’ve been working with the Alabama Choir School for about a dozen years now, so when they came to me and said, ‘Will you do this?’ I was truly ecstatic,” Procter said. “The timing was perfect in my life when the opportunity arose. It was great timing and a great fit.”
The community organization was founded in 1985 as the Tuscaloosa Boychoir and now comprises six choirs for young singers in grades 1-12.
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November 29th, 2011
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AD says UWA needs new multi-purpose arena
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LIVINGSTON | A new basketball arena, more scholarships and several part-time staff hires are the biggest needs of the University of West Alabama athletics department, according to a strategic plan by UWA athletics director Stan Williamson.
Williamson presented the 10-page plan to UWA trustees Monday morning during the board’s athletics committee meeting. Williamson was hired in July after a two-month search in the wake of former athletics director E.J. Brophy’s resignation in May to accept the same position at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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November 29th, 2011
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Snow unlikely to stick
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November 29th, 2011
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Community discusses Albertas rebuilding
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November 29th, 2011
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Girl Talk to play surprise show in Tuscaloosa
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November 28th, 2011
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Hamstring injury poses new challenge for Falcons' Julio Jones
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Julio Jones has played through pain. He's played through injury. Playing with a pulled hamstring, the former University of Alabama wideout is learning, is something else.
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November 28th, 2011
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Guide to the latest gadgets, just in time for the holidays
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Whether it's the latest smartphone, a new tablet or that camera with the long zoom lens you've been eyeing, if we were to unwrap nothing but gadgets in the glow of the tree on Christmas morning, there would likely be few frowns.
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November 28th, 2011
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Around Town 11/28
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November 28th, 2011
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Man allegedly shoots at driver of tractor
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November 28th, 2011
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No City Council meeting
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November 28th, 2011
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Looking Back 11/28
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November 28th, 2011
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Zoning codes likely to come up at meetings
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While this week’s community meetings are intended to foster conversations on aspects of the Tuscaloosa Forward master plan, discussions likely will include the proposed changes to the city’s building and zoning codes for the tornado recovery zone.
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November 28th, 2011
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Snow may fall in West Alabama, but it wont stick
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Although lower temperatures and continuing precipitation could mean a bit of snow in West Alabama
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November 28th, 2011
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GOP ready for battle with Alabama Education Association
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MONTGOMERY | Alabama’s new Republican-controlled Legislature ran over the Alabama Education Association in the 2011 session and is looking for more victories next year when the longtime leaders of the educators’ group head into retirement.
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November 28th, 2011
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NICU reunion draws former patients, families
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Families and former patients of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at DCH Regional Medical Center gathered in the hospital’s Willard Auditorium on Sunday to honor the reunion of the many newborn infants whose lives were saved in the NICU.
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November 28th, 2011
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Big expansion, big questions for Teach for America
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By 2015, with the help of a $50 million federal grant, Teach for America recruits could make up one-quarter of all new teachers in 60 of the nation’s highest need school districts. In 2010, the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education approved a contract to bring 24 Teach for America teachers into Tuscaloosa. Eight teachers began working in schools in the Central zone — the poorest and lowest-performing zone in the school system — in the 2011-12 school year. Eight more are to arrive in 2012-13 and another eight in 2013-14.
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November 28th, 2011
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Allen and Jemison Building undergoing transformation into arts center
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TUSCALOOSA | Outside on Seventh Street, there's a staging area for workers from B.G. Watkins Construction Co., a roped-off spot for tools and materials. Inside, there are more visible signs of the revamping of the venerable Allen and Jemison Building into the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center.
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November 28th, 2011
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Ruling could affect whether some hospitals can be sued
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The Alabama Supreme Court in January threw out a multimillion-dollar jury verdict awarded to the family of a woman who died in a Montgomery hospital, but the consequences of the decision could extend far beyond that case. In reaching the decision, the court determined that the hospital, because it is operated by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, is a state agency and thus immune from lawsuits.
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November 27th, 2011
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Crafters open house brings Christmas feeling to Tannehill
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Though Thanksgiving leftovers are still in refrigerators across West Alabama, the Christmas season has already touched down in the woods of Tannehill State Park.
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November 27th, 2011
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UA professor, student make documentary of Robert Reeds life after tornado story
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TUSCALOOSA | A University of Alabama professor and a student who became intrigued by Robert Reed are making a short documentary, not just of Reed’s heroism on April 27, but his life story.
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November 27th, 2011
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Holt man who rescued neighbors after tornado says hes blessed
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Before the tornado ripped through Holt on April 27, Reed was an ex-convict living with his fiancee and children in a single-wide trailer scraping together a living from irregular yard work and odd jobs. Seven months later, he’s considered a hero, and as word spread of his efforts pulling 12 people from the rubble of the mobile home park where they lived, blessings have continued to pour into Reed’s life.
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November 27th, 2011
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Rolling toward a rematch?
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The second-ranked Crimson Tide throttled cross-state nemesis Auburn, 42-14, avoiding the upset bug that had felled so many other contenders in recent weeks and giving itself a good shot at playing in the Jan. 9 Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in New Orleans.
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November 27th, 2011
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Tide gets redemption in Iron Bowl
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"Never again" might be an overly optimistic assertion about anything to do with the Alabama-Auburn series. "Not this year," though, wasn't much of a problem for the Crimson Tide.
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November 26th, 2011
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Man inside car shot after altercation
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November 26th, 2011
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St. John Baptist Church marks centennial year
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On Sunday, St. John Baptist Church on 10th Avenue will celebrate its centennial anniversary.
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November 26th, 2011
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Teacher awarded money to develop community sites
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Buildings age, people move, communities relocate and storms pass, but art endures. Kimberly Conway, a Northport resident and art teacher at Matthews Elementary, has been awarded a $100,000 service grant to develop community gathering places where the April 27 tornadoes left only debris.
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November 26th, 2011
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Congregation works to repair hole in roof from April 15 storm
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Tuscaloosa’s first permanent Jewish synagogue still stands, and believers — now of a different religion — still gather there to worship. “Only my faith in God has kept me going,” Stanley Ross, pastor of The Guiding Life Worship Center, said of the problems he and his non-denominational congregation have faced since signing the lease on 2624 University Blvd. in March.
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November 26th, 2011
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Black Friday shoppers scuffle across the nation
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A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox 360 and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded stores in an earlier-than-usual start to the madness known as Black Friday.
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November 26th, 2011
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Bitter taste after last year's loss to Auburn hasn't gone away
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The signs began to appear along the walls inside the football building right after last year’s loss to Auburn, plastered in plain sight so that every single player sees them every single day. They are there to make sure they still feel the pain of that 28-27 defeat.
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November 26th, 2011
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Bargain hunters use strategy on Black Friday
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TUSCALOOSA | To take advantage of Black Friday, a shopper needs to camp outside in the cold and wait until the stores open at midnight or 4 a.m. Then, the shopper must rush the doors and make a mad dash for the desired discounted items, snatching them up before someone else does. That’s how it’s done.
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November 26th, 2011
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Plans for homeless complex altered
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TUSCALOOSA | Plans for a 70-unit, multi-story apartment complex for the homeless that was planned for vacant property at the VA Medical Center have changed, 18 months after the project was first announced.
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November 25th, 2011
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Online sales hurt state's tax revenue
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November 25th, 2011
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Area Christmas tree farms pride themselves in variety and service
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Choosing a tree for Christmas is a tradition for many people and often is a family outing filled with excitement and high hopes. But finding the perfect tree, the right height and shape, one whose branches will securely hold bright lights and favorite ornaments, can be a challenge. Several Christmas tree farms that will open today for the holiday season will give seekers plenty to choose from.
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November 25th, 2011
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Alberta church, Chucks feed community
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Alberta Baptist Church still doesn’t have a roof over its head, but it has a big tent where hundreds were welcomed on Thanksgiving Day. “We’re trying to encourage the people of this community,” said the Rev. Larry Corder, the church’s pastor.
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November 25th, 2011
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Shoppers begin early Thursday
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November 25th, 2011
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PHOTOS: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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November 24th, 2011
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Great man's legacy lives on in family
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November 24th, 2011
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AROUND TOWN: 11/24
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November 24th, 2011
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$1.4M in grants headed to Hale County
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MONTGOMERY | Hale County and three of its towns are getting $1.4 million in grants to upgrade water and sewer service.
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November 24th, 2011
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Holiday travelers have good weather
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West Alabamians hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday had something extra to be thankful for — good weather. Travelers in other parts of the country were not so lucky. Soggy conditions greeted many as they started their holiday travel on Wednesday.
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November 24th, 2011
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Fayettes annual holiday celebration begins tonight
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There are lights and more lights, thousands upon thousands of them in red, blue, and green that will light up the night in Fayette’s Guthrie Smith Park. Strings of lights are threaded through the fences and around tree limbs. They glow on the Nativity scenes, a peppermint factory and a shop for Santa.
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November 24th, 2011
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Sponsor says law helps job outlook
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The co-sponsor of Alabama’s immigration law claims it is helping Alabamians find jobs, but statistics tell a different story.
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November 24th, 2011
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After turkey time, stores prep for Black Friday
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Black Friday — the big shopping day after Thanksgiving — will have a new meaning this year. It’s the day when the best bargains and biggest door-buster sales might be found during the blackest predawn hours.
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November 24th, 2011
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Crimson Tide dominates Alabama A&M
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November 24th, 2011
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UA student to join U.N. event
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A University of Alabama student has been selected to join climate change experts and United Nations representatives as they meet in South Africa to develop an international climate change agreement.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Fayette's annual holiday celebration begins Thursday
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There are lights and more lights, thousands upon thousands of them in red, blue, and green that will light up the night in Fayette's Guthrie Smith Park. Strings of lights are threaded through the fences and around tree limbs. They glow on the Nativity scenes, a peppermint factory and a shop for Santa.
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November 23rd, 2011
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#IronBowlGameDaySigns trending on Twitter
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The hashtag #IronBowlGameDaySigns has been trending on Twitter today. Take a look at few of the highlights of the Twitter based Iron Bowl smack talk.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Northport to give its employees 4% raise, restore agency funding
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Northport city employees will get a 4 percent raise in 2012, and four local agencies will get a total of $125,000 in funding, according to the 2012 budget approved by the City Council Monday night.
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November 23rd, 2011
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City seeks land from Country Club of Tuscaloosa
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The board of the Country Club of Tuscaloosa will meet tonight to consider an offer from the city to buy 2,232 linear feet of land throughout the club's golf course to gain access to the sewer lines below.
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November 23rd, 2011
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A look back at the Iron Bowl from 2001-2010
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November 23rd, 2011
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AROUND TOWN: 11/23
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November 23rd, 2011
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Chucks Fish, Project Blessings to host Thanksgiving feast
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November 23rd, 2011
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Tuscaloosa News offices open today and Friday
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November 23rd, 2011
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Aliceville man, 18, charged with kidnapping, robbery
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An Aliceville man is accused of forcing another man into the trunk of a car for several hours Saturday morning while he committed a robbery.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Brothers shift gears to earn Farmers of the Year
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Brothers Tim Ingram, left, and Randy Ingram got out of dairy farming in 2007 and have switched to farming beef cattle. The Ingrams made the change so successfully that they were selected the Farmers of the Year at the Tuscaloosa County and Tuscaloosa Kiwanis Club Farm-City Week banquet Monday at the Country Club of Tuscaloosa.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Tide tops Tigers in food drive by more 100,000 pounds
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UA handed Auburn the most lopsided loss in the 18-year history of the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive. Alabama fans and students collected 237,079 pounds of food for the West Alabama Food Bank, while Auburn collected 134,102 pounds of food for the East Alabama Food Bank.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Roy Moore to run again for Alabama chief justice
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Roy Moore, who was removed as Alabama chief justice eight years ago for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state Judicial Building, announced Tuesday that he would try to reclaim his old job. But he said that, if elected, he would not put the monument back in the building.
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November 23rd, 2011
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City will rework demolition contract
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To ensure maximum reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the City Council on Tuesday voted to begin again the process of hiring a contractor to tear down storm-damaged homes.
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November 23rd, 2011
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DCH Breast Center will undergo $3.5M expansion
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The Breast Center at the DCH Regional Medical Center will soon undergo a $3.5 million expansion, including new equipment.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Mercedes ID case charges dropped
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The charges against a Mercedes executive who was arrested for driving without proper identification were dropped last week.
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November 23rd, 2011
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Chuck's Fish to host free Thanksgiving meal
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November 22nd, 2011
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DCH breast center to undergo $3.5 million expansion
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The Breast Center at the DCH Regional Medical Center will soon undergo a $3.5 million expansion, including new equipment. “Our current breast center is very small and there is inadequate space,” said Donna Marrero, vice president for outpatient services.
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November 22nd, 2011
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#IronBowlGameDay signs trending on Twitter
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The hashtag #IronBowlGameDaySigns has been trending on Twitter today. Take a look at few of the highlights of the Twitter based Iron Bowl smack talk.
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November 22nd, 2011
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Roy Moore seeks to regain Alabama chief justice job
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The former Alabama judge known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse is seeking to regain his old job as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
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November 22nd, 2011
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County schools to release students at 12:30
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November 22nd, 2011
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Charges against Mercedes executive dropped
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The charges against a Mercedes executive who was arrested for driving without proper identification were dropped last week.
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November 22nd, 2011
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Alabama wins annual food drive by more 100,000 pounds
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UA handed Auburn the most lopsided loss in the 18-year history of the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive. Alabama fans and students collected 237,079 pounds of food for the West Alabama Food Bank, while Auburn collected 134,102 pounds of food for the East Alabama Food Bank.
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November 22nd, 2011
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AROUND TOWN: 11/22
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November 22nd, 2011
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Two arrested after tip about meth lab
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Deputies arrested two people Sunday night after receiving a tip about a meth lab at a McCalla residence.
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November 22nd, 2011
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Christmas decorations sought for tornado victims
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Five organizations are brightening the holidays for people who lost their Christmas decorations in the April tornadoes.
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November 22nd, 2011
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Man accused of stealing car investigated in area thefts
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November 22nd, 2011
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Alabama State Troopers plan holiday blitz
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November 22nd, 2011
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U.S. reps visit Alabama to discuss immigration law
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November 22nd, 2011
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Moore to say whether he'll run for old job
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Former Chief Justice Roy Moore said Monday he would reveal whether he planned to run for his old job at a Tuesday news conference in Montgomery.
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November 22nd, 2011
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Tuscaloosa, Northport trash pickup schedule to change for holiday week
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Garbage and trash pickup schedules will change in Tuscaloosa and Northport this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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November 22nd, 2011
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West Alabama may see storms today
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West Alabama may experience severe weather as a cold front moves through the area beginning this evening.
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November 22nd, 2011
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